Meaning

3 senses
  1. The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Ефре́мJefrém

  2. A male given name from Hebrew.

    Ефре́мJefrém

  3. A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
the younger son of Joseph:

Origin

From Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin.

From Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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